7 Social Networks Obama And The GOP Hopefuls Should Definitely Join

No longer can a politician get by on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube alone. When President Obama showed the power and potential of these services in 2008, every politician and their chief of staff's mother jumped on the social media bandwagon. And in this 2012 campaign cycle, we're seeing the impact of this trend--not on the electorate but on the way campaigns are run in the digital era.

Candidates gunning for Washington today are seemingly addicted to signing onto every social media service--Tumblr, Google+, Flickr, Foursquare, you name it--in hopes of reaching yet another untapped pocket of tappable constituents. Since social media became the campaigning tool de jour, candidates almost can't risk missing out on the next big digital trend. Here, a list of seven social networks Obama and other GOP candidates should absolutely, definitely, seriously join: HeyTell, Xbox Live, Path, Spotify, GroupMe, Chatroulette, Dropbox/Box.net.